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Pies worth their weight in cream cheese
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Hello, everyone. Let’s start by asking how much extra weight have you gained during this pandemic shut down? I won’t tell, but Paula gets bored,
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Restaurants are opening. Should you go?
By Jim Ayres Hello, MONTROSE STAR readers! I’ve missed you. A month in the hospital took me out of the loop, but COVID-19 has taken everyone else out of it,
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Galveston: One island, two storms
By Forest Riggs On September 8, 1900, the terrible hurricane known as The Great Storm struck Galveston and, by all accounts, leveled the island. The Playground of the South had
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Part 6: Oh, what a tangled web
By Randall Jobe “Deception, deception, deception.†—Amanda Wingfield, The Glass Menagerie I’m sure it exists in all cultures, social circles, and most families, but my experience with the art of
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Connecting, the COVID sitcom coming soon
By Romeo San Vicente It was inevitable. First there was the 30 Rock remote reunion, then one from the late, great cult sitcom Happy Endings. This month, the horror movie
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The Music Woman: Marsha Carlton
By Randall Jobe “I have always believed that acting is larger than life. You can sit on the street corner and see real people.†—Bette Davis In an ironic twist,
‘Queer Eye’ Stars on How to Talk to ‘All Lives Matter’ People
| Jonathan, Antoni and Karamo weigh in on the Black Lives Matter movement In this current moment of civil unrest and racial tension, _Queer Eye_ stars Karamo Brown (culture), Jonathan
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Not a Trump story
By Nancy Ford So how’s everybody doing this summer? Eating those Goya beans? Staying away from demon dreams and Satan semen? Have you joined the Mary Trump fan club yet?
PART FIVE: ‘The Grand Inquisitor’ throws stones
By Randall Jobe In a job, I held for over 25 years, the “powers that be†seemingly reveled in the indiscretions of others. They handed down reprimands and punishments like
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Look fashion forward to ‘Halston’ with Ewan McGregor
By Romeo San Vicente True fans of the late Roy Halston already dug deep into Halston, last year’s documentary that wore his last name. And it seemed like 2020 was